Louisiana Tech University will hold its winter commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Thomas Assembly Center. Jim Purcell, Louisiana’s commissioner of higher education, will serve as keynote speaker.

Purcell supervises the operations of the Board of Regents and represents the state’s post-secondary education community at the local, state and national levels. In his position, he also will implement the Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas (GRAD) Act as well as the Performance-Based Funding Formula.

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The city of Ruston stands to gain an estimated $1 million annually in new property and sales tax revenue if the Board of Alderman and an out-of-state developer continue to progress toward the city’s first tax incremental financing district.

The next step in the process comes Monday when aldermen vote on an ordinance levying a proposed new half-cent sales tax in the district. The board convenes at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. It is one in a series of articles by PAR that the Daily Leader is printing relating to the proposed Constitutional Amendments on the Nov. 6 ballot. Today’s article focuses on Constitutional Amendment No. 7. Articles may be edited for space.

Residents should use caution when out driving today and Wednesday, as freezing rain and temperatures are predicted.

C.S. Ross, hydrologist with the National Weather Service, said the area is currently under a warning for winter weather.

“Ruston is under an ice storm warning through 4 p.m. today,” Ross said. “Periods of freezing rain and sleet are expected. Temperatures in mid to late afternoon are expected to inch slightly above freezing, possibly around 33.”

Ruston’s Farmers Market could be operating out of its new permanent location by fall.

The city’s Board of Aldermen on Monday agreed to allow North Louisiana Farm Fresh, the nonprofit group that runs the market, to use the old Ruston waterworks warehouse on East Mississippi Avenue at no charge.

NLFF will pay the utilities and insurance on the 9,000-square-foot building. The agreement is effective April 15 and runs until the end of the year.

“If everything goes as we hope, we’ll renew it next year for a year,” City Attorney Bill Carter said.